A Case for Life

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A Case for Life

1996

1h 40m

4.3(3 votes)

TV Movie

Drama

Overview

To save her unborn child, she had to fight for the right to die. A True Story

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40 members

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Valerie Bertinelli

Kelly Porter

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Mel Harris

LIz Hemmitt

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Brian McNamara

Stan Porter

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William Bumiller

Jim Hemmitt

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Georgann Johnson

Marian Cromwell

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Richard Herd

Bud Cromwell

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Vincent Berry

Tommy Porter

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Ryanne Kettner

Rebecca Porter

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Paige Kettner

Connie Porter

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Miles Marsico

Glen Porter

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Gregg Almquist

Mr. York

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Lawrence Pressman

Ross Doria

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Larry Cedar

Attorney

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Jenny O'Hara

Judge Barnes

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Mark L. Taylor

Dr. Obers

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Janni Brenn

Sylvia Sheck

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Annie Grindlay

Mrs. Coty

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Alyson Hannigan

Iris

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Susan Wheeler Duff

Evin

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Otto Coelho

Huge Young Man

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Rachel Reenstra

Audience Member

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Charles Hoyes

Police Officer

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Kristin Carey

Receptionist

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Lynn Ann Leveridge

Teenager's Mother

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Marsha Waterbury

Emergency Doctor

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DeeDee Michaels

Nurse

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Jeanette Miller

Demonstrator

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Tracy Brooks Swope

Demonstrator

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Laura Wernette

Demonstrator

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Charles Dougherty

Demonstrator

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Bill Stevenson

Demonstrator

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Shanti Kahn

Demonstrator

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John Schwer

Demonstrator

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Ron Pitts

TV Field Reporter

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Bobbi Sanders

Patient Info Lady

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John Dunbar

Male Nurse

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Rachel Longaker

Young Nurse

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Louis B. Price

Paramedic

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Alex P. Hernandez

Paramedic

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Sarah Sullivan

Soap Box Speaker

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